Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 21:36:58 -0400 From: "Michael E. Mercer" <mmercer@nc.rr.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: permissions problem with installations from PORTS Message-ID: <1081993018.314.11.camel@fast.mmercer.com> In-Reply-To: <1081991488.314.8.camel@fast.mmercer.com> References: <1081712536.258.7.camel@fast.mmercer.com> <xzpr7urahq1.fsf@dwp.des.no> <xzp65c29107.fsf@dwp.des.no> <1081991488.314.8.camel@fast.mmercer.com>
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btw: I just verified that my umask is 022. Which is what you stated it should be set to. And those ports still installed some directories with 700 permissions. later Michael On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 21:11, Michael E. Mercer wrote: > Hello, > > I got a new machine that is blazingly fast. > I also installed gnome-lite which in turn installed a majority of these > ports that are having these problems. > > What I am getting at, is I never *saw* that warning. > > later > Michael > > On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 08:50, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > > Joan Picanyol <pica@biaix.org> writes: > > > * Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des@des.no> [20040413 19:58]: > > > > Joan Picanyol <pica@biaix.org> writes: > > > > > I can second this. It also happens with mozilla and friends (my umask is > > > > > set to 077) > > > > Pilot error. Your umask should be 022 or 002 when installing ports. > > > > Otherwise, you get what you ask for. > > > May I disagree? I expected the ports system to use install to properly > > > set up permissions for all files. At the very least, it should be > > > documented somewhere. > > > > You deliberately ignored the following warning: > > > > ===> Warning: your umask is 077 > > If this is not desired, set it to an appropriate value > > and install this port again by ``make reinstall'' > > > > DES > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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